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A Simulation Model of Population Processes of Arctic Tundra Graminoids

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Vegetation and Production Ecology of an Alaskan Arctic Tundra

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 29))

Abstract

Wet meadow tundra predominates along the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska and has been studied intensively near Barrow, Alaska. Of the three species of monocotyledons that account for nearly 80% of the vascular plant production (Tieszen, 1972), Dupontia fisheri, a grass, has been studied in detail to characterize the basic patterns of photosynthesis, water relations, nutrition, growth, and reproduction found in graminoid species in the tundra (Allessio and Tieszen, 1975a, b; Tieszen et al., 1974; Lewis, unpublished data; McCown, 1975; Tieszen, 1975; Stoner and Miller, 1975; Chapin, 1977). These data assisted the development of a simulation model of population processes in perennial graminoid species that integrates physiological and population processes found in the graminoid plant form in the Arctic. The model forms a framework to deal precisely with broad questions about tundra processes.

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Lawrence, B.A., Lewis, M.C., Miller, P.C. (1978). A Simulation Model of Population Processes of Arctic Tundra Graminoids. In: Tieszen, L.L. (eds) Vegetation and Production Ecology of an Alaskan Arctic Tundra. Ecological Studies, vol 29. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-6307-4_26

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